Record overview
This is the archive’s strongest near-contemporary source for the naming of Poston, South Carolina. The October 26, 1916 notice in The County Record reports Andrew Poston’s death, identifies the railroad junction of Poston on the Seaboard line, and ties the community’s name to him. The OCR is degraded, so exact quotations should be checked against the scanned page.
What this document establishes
- A near-contemporary newspaper linked Andrew Poston to the town name of Poston on the Seaboard line.
- The notice places him within the railroad-era history of the community.
- The project source trail preserves the statement that he gave land to the railroad so that “Poston might be Poston.”
What it does not establish by itself
The article does not substitute for the underlying deed, right-of-way, probate, census or marriage records. Those remain separate research targets.
Source provenance
- Publication
- The County Record, Kingstree, South Carolina
- Date
- October 26, 1916
- Page
- 6
- Archive record
- 09
- Independent repository
- South Carolina Digital Newspaper Program ↗
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Evidence network
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